Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Pencil flower

Acerodon jubatus compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Key Differences

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while Pencil flower is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Acerodon	Stylosanthes
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).